cost; price; value; worth; expense
cost表示＂成本、费用＂的意思。原指生产某种物品的成本 ，包括生产中所支付的原料和劳动。一般要低于售价，有时也可用来泛指价格。也可用于借喻，指所付出的代价，甚至生命。
As a result, costs will be reduced by as much as 90%. 因此，成本将会降低90% 之多。
China Daily has plenty of advertisements, which help to cut the costs of making the newspaper. 《中国日报》刊登大量广告有助于降低报纸生产的成本。
price表示＂价格、价钱、定价＂的意思。指经营商品出售的单价，通常要高于商品的出厂成本。也用于借喻，指做某事所付出的代价。
Can you try to get them to bring down the price? 你能把价格讲下来吗?
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make up one’s mind 作出决定，下定决心change one’s mind 改变主意（决定）
on one’s mind 有心事，担心bring/call sth. to mind 使回想起某事（物）
Don't forget to deliver the flowers and please ensure that you get back in time for lunch. 别忘了把这些
花邮递出去，并保证及时回来吃午饭。（P7）
deliver 传递，投递，交付；（使）发表，（使）表达；解放，释放
例: The postman delivers letters twice a day. 邮递员每天送两次信。
He was delivered from fear before operation. 手术前他解除了恐惧心理。
They can sell their beef at a high price in the capital. 他们可以在首都以高价出售他们的牛肉。
value表示＂价值、价格＂。指我们所估计一件东西的价值，因此是不能 以金钱估价的。
Instead, they are writing once more about things that are common for everyone: feeling alone in the modern world, the value of having good friends and so on. 他们现在再一次写常人常事——现代世界中的孤独感及交好朋友的价值等等。
in time 意为“及时，来得及，迟早”
例: The doctor came in time to save her life. 医生及时赶来救了她的命。
absence n. 缺席；不在(某处)
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absent adj. ＝ not present 不在场的，缺席的
in/during one's absence 某人不在的时候
in the absence of...在(人)不在的时候；在(物)缺乏时
absence from
Even though the conference hall is near his apartment, he has to hurry
a little if he wants to be ________.
A. accurate B. punctual C. efficient D. reasonable
【答案】B
I don’t think what he said is ________ to the topic we are discussing .
He has missed the point.A. faithful B. parallel C. relevant D. similar
